Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Meet the feline crew

I've often posted about the dogs, Chevy and Ruby, but I've said little about the cats. Perhaps it's because I spend more time with the dogs. Dogs are high maintenance, requiring exercise at the dog park and potty breaks several times during the day. Cats are pretty much set and forget. They'll let you know, in no uncertain terms, when their food bowl is empty. Other than that, it's not hard to forget you own cats.

This is Charlie and this is pretty much what he does.

Charlie is 75% Snowshoe Siamese, a beautiful cat. He'd be 100% Snowshoe Siamese but he was hit by a car and lost his left rear leg. He can still scamper around just fine, although he doesn't exercise himself much and so weighs about 16 pounds, the same as a bowling ball.

This is Gertie. Like Chevy, we're only fostering her until we find her a home.

That was about three months ago. Like Chevy, we haven't found her a home because we haven't tried. It's too much fun watching her pull grocery receipts out of Pam's pocketbook and chase them around the floor, or watching her terrorize the dogs by chewing on their tails. She's very talkative and affectionate and purrs instantly when picked up. She runs and jumps all over the boat and walks the rails around the deck. She hasn't fallen off the boat yet, but we did buy a crab net (and renamed it the cat net) just in case.

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About Us

We started cruising on our old trawler in September of 2011, traveling from Connecticut to upstate New York and then down the ICW as far as Brunswick Georgia. On a visit back to upstate New York, we were presented with an opportunity to buy ten acres of land in Bleecker, a small town in the Adirondack Park. During 2013, we plan on continuing to fix up our old boat, but will also begin building a small farmstead in Bleecker.
You can follow our boat blog at trawlerdriftaway.blogspot.com and our Bleecker blog at bleeckermountainlife.blogspot.com.

Drift Away Specs

Drift Away is a 1980 Cheoy Lee 46' LRC (long range cruiser). She has twin 120 HP Ford Lehman diesels, 15 kw and 7.5 kw generators, and carries 800 gallons of fuel and 400 gallons of water. She cruises at 8 knots and has a top speed of 9.5 knots, plenty fast enough for this old sailor.

She is somewhat unique in that the inside helm staion is on the main level, along with the galley and saloon. There is also a helm on the flybridge. The lower level has three staterooms, each with a full head, plus the engine room.

Drift Away sat on the hard for many years before we bought it from an estate. She has suffered considerably from neglect, but we are amazed at all the things that work, like the two Ford Lehmans, and the Naiad stabilizers. There was and is much work to do, but we will return her to ship shape condition. Eventually. As long as it doesn't interfere with having fun.